Drawing Task

Contains commonly used drawing tools.

When a file is opened to start a session, the Drawing task is embedded in the Tasks dialog docked to the left-hand edge of the application window.

Drawing task embedded in Tasks dialog

The following table describes the “as delivered” arrangement of the Drawing task.

Task	Tools Included in Task
Linear	Various tools from the: Linear Elements toolbox Multi-lines toolbox Create Curves toolbox
Polygons	Tools from the Polygons toolbox.
Circles	Tools from the: Ellipses toolbox Arcs toolbox
Patterns	Some tools from the Patterning toolbox.
Tags	Tools from the Tags toolbox.
Text	Some tools from the Text toolbox.
Cells	Tools from the Cells toolbox .
Measure	Tools from the Measure toolbox.
Dimensioning	Some tools from the Dimensions toolbox.

Right-clicking in the task layout within the dialog and choosing Open 'Drawing' as Toolbox opens the Drawing task as a floating toolbox.

Drawing task opened as floating toolbox

Each of the tools in the Drawing task's floating toolbox is also a member of a “child” task. When the Tasks toolbox is used for task navigation, pointing at a tool in that toolbox and pressing and holding the left mouse button opens a drop-down menu for selecting a tool in the child task. The child task can be opened as a floating toolbox by choosing Open As Toolbox from the drop-down menu.

When a tool is selected in a child task, the tool automatically becomes the “representative” of the child task in the Drawing task.